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In Trivette v. Tennessee Department of Correction, deaf people in the custody of the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC), as well as Disability Rights Tennessee, challenged TDOC's failure to en…
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1:17-cv-01597 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia
Filed Date: Aug. 9, 2017
Closed Date: Aug. 20, 2021
Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief
Aug. 9, 2017
Amended Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief
Aug. 31, 2017
Order
Oct. 30, 2017
Memorandum Opinion
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Jan. 4, 2018
2:05-cv-01355 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
Filed Date: April 7, 2005
Closed Date: June 22, 2009
Order & Reasons
Recinos-Recinos v. Express Forestry Inc.
Oct. 6, 2005
Memorandum Opinion & Order
Jan. 24, 2006
Jan. 30, 2006
Docket (PACER)
May 11, 2006
Aug. 11, 2006
7:17-cv-06251 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Filed Date: Aug. 17, 2017
Case Ongoing
Class Action Complaint
Aug. 17, 2017
Amended Class Action Complaint
Dec. 6, 2017
Opinion and Order
Nov. 29, 2018
Report and Recommendations
Lowell v. Lyft
Dec. 22, 2022
March 24, 2023
2:19-cv-13515 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
Filed Date: Nov. 26, 2019
Closed Date: Jan. 28, 2020
Complaint
Nov. 26, 2019
Plaintiffs' Voluntary Dismissal
Jan. 28, 2020
Order Dismissing Case
Jan. 30, 2020
1:19-cv-00311 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Filed Date: Jan. 11, 2019
Closed Date: Dec. 16, 2020
Equal Vote America Corp. v. Congress
Jan. 11, 2019
Amended Complaint
Feb. 11, 2019
Notice of Motion
June 7, 2019
Memorandum of Law in Support of Defendants' Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs' Amended Complaint
Plaintiff's Memorandum of Law In Opposition to Defendants' Motion to Dismiss
July 8, 2019
4:20-cv-00329 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa
Filed Date: Oct. 26, 2020
Closed Date: May 26, 2021
Oct. 26, 2020
Jamie Fitzgerald's Pre-Answer Motion to Dismiss and Request for Judicial Notice
Dec. 23, 2020
Paul Pate's Pre-Answer Motion to Dismiss and Request to Take Judicial Notice
Dec. 28, 2020
Plaintiff's Resistance to Defendant Jamie Fitzgerald's Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim
Jan. 27, 2021
Plaintiff's Resistance to Defendant Paul Pate's Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim
Feb. 1, 2021
2:20-cv-01959 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Filed Date: April 20, 2020
Class Action Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief and Petition for Writs of Habeas Corpus
April 20, 2020
Plaintiffs-Petitioners' Motion for Class Certification
Plaintiff's Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction
April 23, 2020
The City of Philadelphia's Memorandum of Law in Opposition to Plaintiff's Motion for Class Certification
May 4, 2020
Plaintiffs-Petitioners' Reply Brief in Support of Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction
May 5, 2020
6:21-cv-00588 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon
Filed Date: April 20, 2021
Closed Date: July 1, 2024
Terrill v. State of Oregon
April 20, 2021
Docket
July 27, 2021
Settlement Agreement and Release of Claims
May 2, 2024
1:17-cv-06260 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Filed Date: Aug. 29, 2017
Exhibit A: "Recommendations for Reform"
Illinois v. Chicago
Aug. 29, 2017
Memorandum Opinion and Order
Aug. 16, 2018
Consent Decree
Sept. 13, 2018
United States' Statement of Interest Opposing Proposed Consent Decree
Oct. 12, 2018
1:20-cv-00172 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia
Filed Date: Nov. 25, 2020
Closed Date: Jan. 12, 2021
Original complaint
Reeves, Et Al V. Kemp
Nov. 25, 2020
Dec. 22, 2020
Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation
Jan. 12, 2021
Clerk's Judgment